Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive winning the Iron Cross II

winning the Iron Cross II Class on 28 May 1942

XVII - The South African War

After over seven weeks at Orpington

Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th class (4 years)

Germany, Third Reich. A Group of Awards with Documents to Unteroffizier Johannes de la Motte Archive winning the Iron Cross IIA grouping of three Third Reich German military service awards with award documents, consisting of: 1. A War Merit Cross First Class with Swords (Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse mit Schwertern) Instituted October 18th, 1939 (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, consisting of a Maltese Cross with crossed swords piercing the centerpiece, the obverse with pebbled arms and a central wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse plain with a raised